Garlic Hair Oil to Propel Hair Growth
Which moves faster: a tennis ball or badminton shuttle?
The correct answer is…. the badminton shuttle. It moves at a lightning speed of 300 km per hour. And it’s not just faster than the tennis ball, but the lowly shuttlecock is the fastest moving object in sport.
To the surprise of many, badminton beats all sports in speed.
Well, get ready for another surprise. If you are looking to beat hair loss, there’s fantastic homemade hair oil. It has a little garlicy smell, but you won’t mind the smell when you see how fast it can reduce hair loss and regrow hair in the bald areas.
And that effective homemade oil is garlic hair oil. Before we delve into garlic hair benefits, let’s take a brief look at garlic in general.
Who doesn’t like the flavour of garlic in a vegetable stir fry or a lentil soup?
But garlic is not just about taste. It’s very medicinal and healing. It is known to combat colds, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and even boost the immune system.
So how does garlic do all this – improve taste and cures illness. Garlic contains high amounts of vitamin C, selenium, copper and manganese. But it’s the ‘smelly sulphur compounds’ that are the spotlight nutrients in garlic. They give garlic its pungency, and they also offer powerful healing benefits.
These unique sulphur compounds are anti-aging and wrinkle delaying. They work by offsetting the damage caused by pollutants and other toxins. Plus they have potent anti-inflammatory benefits. Chronic ongoing inflammation is a big contributing factor to plaque formation and artery-blocking. Eating garlic on a daily basis is shown to improve the health of blood vessels, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease.
What about hair?
Well, garlic has therapeutic effects on hair too. So while you eat garlic for healthier body, you can also use it for healthier hair.
How Does Garlic Boost Hair Growth
The same sulphur compounds that offer multiple health benefits also make garlic the hair hero.
Our hair is made up of a protein called keratin – which has high sulphur content. So when you apply sulphur packed garlic on your hair, it’s like feeding hair the purest food. You can visualise your hair doing a happy dance. Sulfur gives hair strength, elasticity as well as increases the length of the hair cycle, which means your hair continues growing for many more years (and does not fall out quickly).
Besides, sulphurous garlic helps to detoxify and purify hair follicles. This allows the new hair to grow without any hindrance. Garlic is also excellent to eliminate scalp dryness and flakes. As well as help with psoriasis, eczema and acne. All thanks to its anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties.
So yes one garlic and many hair benefits. But you can’t just read about garlic, and grow thick hair. You need to apply it, you know where.
How to Make Garlic Hair Oil
Those of you who like no waiting and quick returns, garlic hair oil is for you. It gets ready in minutes, and you get the result in days.
To make garlic oil, you need garlic for sure and coconut oil. I like using coconut oil because it’s a stable oil, especially when you heat it. Plus coconut oil itself is very nourishing for hair. But feel free to try mustard or sesame oil. Let’s make…
What you will need:
*Garlic: 4 cloves (medium size, about 10 grams)
*Coconut Oil, 1/4 cup (about 50 grams)
Making
1. Garlic oil is pretty simple to make. First, cut the garlic in 2-3 pieces, I do it lengthwise, but you can do it crosswise as well.
2. Next, place the chopped garlic and coconut oil in a small pan. And heat on a low flame. Don’t get tempted to increase the heat or you might burn the garlic.
3. In a couple of minutes, garlic will start to sizzle and give out a nice garlicy aroma. Use a spoon to swirl the garlic around in the oil.
4. Continue heating until the garlic turns light brown, then switch off the flame. It will take 5 minutes or so, depending on how thick the bottom of your pot is.
5. Let the oil cool down, strain and apply.
What about the smell?
I am not going to say cooking garlic in the oil will make the oil smell rosy. It does smell garlicy. But after you apply it, you will hardly notice the smell, maybe you get a whiff now and then — which you can avoid by wrapping your hair with a towel or shower cap.
How to Use
Massage the garlic oil into your scalp and hair and let it soak and work its magic for an hour. Then wash. Either with an SLS-free shampoo. Or with a homemade shampoo, such as egg or mud or shikakai reetha.
After garlic hair oil remedy, the hair fall will reduce drastically, and your hair will appear thicker, softer and shinier. And there’s no trace of garlic smell left.
Mistakes to Avoid: Yes, garlic is amazing for hair, and it’s generally safe to use. But garlic may cause a rash or allergic reaction. So, do a patch test on your forearm before trying any new ingredients.
Where to Buy Oil Ingredients?
Garlic is available in all supermarkets and farmers market. When buying, make sure garlic is firm on pressing and has unbroken skin.
You can buy coconut oil from a health food store or supermarket. Just make sure, it is cold pressed and unrefined.
What about the small pan? Avoid non-stick or aluminium pans to make the oil. Use a steel or iron pan.
Storing garlic oil: The oil will last you 3-4 times. Store the remaining oil in a glass jar and keep it in a cool, dry place.
So far I have used garlic oil twice, and it’s a winner. After using the black seed oil, I thought it was difficult to find another equally effective and potent hair oil to end hair loss and regrow lost hair.
But hey, here’s garlic oil, which you can make quickly and get superb results. There’s no competition between hair oils, but I do think garlic oil can beat other oils in the speed of making and also may be growing hair faster.
Do you use garlic oil for hair growth? How has it helped you? Please share in the comment box below…
I love all of the useful information and will incorporate them into my hair regimen especially for hair loss and thicker hair volume
Great information, I was very impressed.
Very interesting contents on the simplest things that we have in our kitchen, can be the answer to our hair loss remedies to gain and grow healthier and thick hair .
Thank you for sharing these fantastic remedies.
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Thanks for reading! So glad you found the website helpful.
Wondering if there is anything you can do for hereditary hair thinning and loss all over the head for women just over 60? I eat healthy and many foods that are good for hair health but nothing seems to be working. I have tried the black seed oil, castor oil and it is just getting sparser all over.
Thank you so much
I would look into the shampoo. See this and this.
Over 60 hair growth, TRY a smoothie of coconut water or mint water mix with Sweet Wheat Powder, Dead Sea Moringa, Spirulina one or the other.
Garlic oil is quite beneficial and so is miracle hair mask.
Applying mashed garlic directly on the skin will cause burn. Will garlic oil have the same effect on the skin…like how much garlic to oil is too much or will cause burn or irritation? Have you personally tried them on your skin?
Garlic with coconut oil in fact soothes scalp. And of course promotes hair growth.
How often do I use this oil a week. Thank you
You can use it once or twice a week.
I can hardly wait to try the Garlic Hair Oil
I just made red onion ginger garlic in coconut oil it is very rich just a little smelly but the benefits are so worth it thankyou. Godbless
Hello ma’am! I want to ask does the garlic need to light brown only as I moved for minute and it went a little dark brown will that decrease the effect?
It’s okay, as long as it’s not burnt.
Hello ma’am! I have one question.
Can I use coconut oil during winter season?
Thanks in advance. 😊
Yes you can. Coconut oil is cooling on the scalp, but it’s okay unless you have a cold.
So which do yu suggest for really bad hairfall?. Garlic oil or the kalonji n fenugreek mask?
There’s no one fit for all. You have to try out a few things to see what works for you. Garlic oil can help one person and kalonji another. Because every hair is so unique and different, so it’s hard to tell what will work for who.
Does it help to grow the hair very fast
Can you use minced or mashed raw garlic for the hair oil? Instead of frying the garlic.
I haven’t used it that way. If you do try, let us know how it works for you.
I’m using crushed raw garlic in any oil last 3-4 weeks very very good and fast results in few days
That’s great! Thanks for letting us know.
Hi, can I use olive oil instead of coconut oil? As I am currently in Canada and need a warmer oil for my scalp.
I loved your page.
Hi Dear Minaz. Ur website is superb. I hv Thyroid and i hv got excessive hairfall and bald patches because of that. Hair hv become very rough and dry and flaky scalp. Pl. Suggest some helpful remedy. With regards Mahak Bhalla from Gwalior MP India.
This is a turbo boost oil. I never imagined that such a simple recipe can be so effective.
Thanks Minaz ! 🙂
Hi Minaz,
Can i add small amount of Shikakai powder in this oil?
Give it a try. Or you can do a shikakai mask (with water) after applying the garlic oil.
That’s great to hear Arunabh!
Hi ma’am. I’m suffering from hairfall very badly,and seems to be alopecia. And there’s dandruff issues as well.
I have tried many treatments and remedies,but still doesn’t works.
Do u think that my hair can grow again?
Hi Minas, question how Man y Times per weekend can i use the coconut oil and garlic recepit.
You can use it once or twice a week.
Yes I have used onion juice on my hair and I did see good results for my hair growth.
Yup, onion and garlic are super effective.
Hi Minaz, i hv ayurvedic oil..can i use garlic in that? And should we use double boiler method for heating as direct heating reduces the effect of oil?
Hi Megha, I would prepare the garlic oil in coconut oil as it’s very heat stable. And then if you want you can combine the two.
Thanks Minaz..and should we heat it directly?
Yes.
Can I use more garlic or 4 gloves are enough? Thank you.
4 worked for me, the cloves I used were also bigger. If yours are smaller you can use more. See the weight guidance given for the ingredients.
Thank you :3
Hi Minaz!
Can we instead of coconut oil use castor oil because of its benefits when it comes to hair growth?
I am not sure if castor oil loses its properties when heated..
Thank you in advance!
Hello Mila, the smoke point of castor oil is quite high (200 degrees C). So it should not lose its properties. You can give it a try, and let us know how it works for you.
Hi Minaz! I am coming with the update. I actually use this for eyebrow growth.
As said, I used castor oil instead of coconut oil but it is too thick to put on eyebrows solely. So I added to garlic oil also a bit of rosemary and emu oil and been putting it every evening on my eyebrows since two-three weeks. The improvement is there: nothing major but I see couple of hairs coming out.
I will continue using it for 6 more months for sure and let you know how is it working.
If you have any other advice for me, please let me know. 🙂
Mila
Hi Mila, nice to see you experimenting. I would say keep trying different combinations and see what works best.
Am definitely going to try these receipes
how many times a week should you use the garlic hair oil?
Great read, i agree about garlic oil and it’s benefits for hair growth. Really enjoyed the read
Hi minaz
Can we mix garlic oil to black cumin seed fenugreek oil and apply to scalp to get maximum benefits ?
Hi Jes, I see no harm giving it a try.
Hi!! I’m in the process of making black seed oil. I don’t have sunlight around home so I’m using a plant lamp. Is this ok? How long should I have light on daily? I interested in using aloe to thicken my hair. Where do I buy the type of aloe that you recommend? Should I try an Indian grocery or Hispanic grocery store?
Hi Inga, you can just let the oil marinate without sunlight, if you want to try the plant lamp you can.
For the aloe, you can try Indian or Hispanic store, health food store or online.
First of all I loved your website.
Had wonderful insights for hair growth.
Coming to my problem :
I’m 20 years old and have scalp acne.
Due to this there is an overall decrease in hair density. How to reverse this pattern and get dense hair growth?
Hi Raj, thanks for your kind words. I have two detailed articles on scalp acne: see here
Garlic oil I am using I get the benefits withing 2 application. It is really nice oil
That’s great to know. I am happy that you like it 🙂
Hi! Thanks for the post. Can the garlic oil be left overnight on the hair?
Yes, if you are okay with the smell.
Hi dear,
I am facing huge hair loss problem & my hair is thining because of it, could you please help me with the homemade oil as well as shampoo to be used. Hair pack also
awaiting for your reply.
Hi, Thank you so much for your amazing remedy. I have just started using with black seed oil past one week. I am going to try this remedy too. Thank you again.
Hi Manees, I am so glad to hear you are finding it useful, let us know how it works for you.
Hey Minaz! This one’s is a good oil recipe which I would like to try for sure. I stay in India and in summer the temperature here rises upto 48/49 degree Celsius. I have noticed that this makes the hair greasy due to constant sweating. I regularly go to gym as well. Can you please tell if regular hair wash with natural shampoos like shikakai and reetha is a good option or not? Because the heat in the environment leads to more hair fall during summers.
Hello G,
You can use reetha and shikakai more like a diluted rinse. Add some honey if you want and it will protect your scalp from dryness and even hair fall.
Best,
Minaz
Hello!
I will try garlic oil for my hair, and I will tell you the results!
How often do you think it should be used?
Your blog is a love and fascinating place, thanks for sharing all this.
Take care!
Hello Jack, thanks for your lovely comment.
You can use garlic oil twice a week.